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Musings from the maniacal mind of Garyl HesterTue, 06 Mar 2018 17:48:51 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.3http://codefool.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/fool_150x150.jpgcodefoolhttp://codefool.org/wp
32322392800Danger, Will Robinson! The new Lost In Space is here.http://codefool.org/wp/?p=403
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]]>http://codefool.org/wp/?feed=rss2&p=4030403Spec Adidas Ad Fantastic Analog for Democrat Oppressionhttp://codefool.org/wp/?p=389
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]]>http://codefool.org/wp/?feed=rss2&p=3890389EDSAC Rebuild (Cambridge University’s 1st Computer) – Computerphile – YouTubehttp://codefool.org/wp/?p=378
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]]>http://codefool.org/wp/?feed=rss2&p=3780378Building Google V8 from source on RHEL 6http://codefool.org/wp/?p=371
http://codefool.org/wp/?p=371#respondThu, 17 Jul 2014 18:57:52 +0000http://codefool.org/wp/?p=371I have a need to start working heavily in javascript/jquery/node under linux. The consensus seems to be that Google’s V8 is the javascript engine to use. To do this, I have to compile V8 from sources and to do that under RHEL is problematic. I’ve listed the steps I had to go through over at my wiki.
]]>http://codefool.org/wp/?feed=rss2&p=3710371Hexagon geometry well understoodhttp://codefool.org/wp/?p=363
http://codefool.org/wp/?p=363#respondFri, 31 Jan 2014 13:23:25 +0000http://codefool.org/wp/?p=363Well, it seems that since my first attempt at doing hexagon geometry circa 2000, a lot has been said on the subject, and it appears that the best work was done prior to that. This is a well understood problem – so there’s no need for me to re-create the wheel, so I’m going to use established sources for my hexagon package, give proper credit, and leave it at that.

The next project will be drydock – http://github.com/codefool/drydock – which is an XML schema and toolkit for working with playing chit design and structure. The idea is that chits in the game are specified in XML – but have to conform not only to an XML schema, but to the game design rules. It should be impossible to create a chit that can deliver infinite damage and at the same time be indestructible. Game balance is key – with strengths come weaknesses – et cetera.

]]>http://codefool.org/wp/?feed=rss2&p=3630363WIR: Catholic Apologetics on Revelationshttp://codefool.org/wp/?p=286
http://codefool.org/wp/?p=286#respondFri, 10 Jun 2011 21:49:44 +0000http://codefool.org/wp/?p=286A cornerstone of Protestant salvation teaching is based on the visions of St. John in the Book of Revelations. While this is a great source for horror writers, it is more potent fodder still for Protestant apologetics who use its vague and surrealistic symbolism to justify just about any point of view they care to opine.

During my journey to becoming a Catholic, this topic was merely touched upon and only to the point that 666 was the number for Nero. Interesting enough – but what about everything else? The seven seals, the pit, the battle between Satan and God? All steeped and surrounded by mysticism and obfuscating language that doesn’t quite rise to prose or poetry. One would think that a Revelation from God in such an inspired writing and on such an important topic would be more direct and clear.

In this, I’m seeking the answers to two specific questions:

Does the Rapture exist in Catholic teaching

Is the soul consumed in the fires of Hell

The first question is whether all the Protestant talk of the Rapture can be ignored. So far as I know, the Rapture does not happen in the Catholic understanding of Revelation, and so it would be just another tool that Protestants use to discredit the Church and frighten non-believers to come-on-down and accept Jesus as your “personal” Lord and Savior, and not be “Left Behind.”

The second question is a search for truth in the nature of God. That is, if the wicked really are burned forever in the fires of Hell, then what would be the point? The purpose of Hell is punishment, and the purpose of punishment is improvement. What is gained by God or the Damned if there is no hope for either eventual salvation or non-existence? Specifically, if the wages of Sin is Death, wouldn’t Death be the opposite of Eternal Life, or non-existence? While it might serve our Schadenfreude to believe that the wicked are eternally tortured and therefore eternally regretful for their sins, it doesn’t philosophically jibe with the idea of a purely Benevolent God that manifests Infinite Mercy. While it is not for men to judge God or stoop to the hubris to believe they can know the Mind of God, what would be gained to listen to the cries of the Damned for all eternity? Justice would be served by only one of two outcomes:

The Damned are eventually reconciled with God after the Apocalypse, or

]]>http://codefool.org/wp/?feed=rss2&p=2860286News Flash! – Texas Cheaper than New Yorkhttp://codefool.org/wp/?p=279
http://codefool.org/wp/?p=279#respondThu, 31 Mar 2011 13:45:46 +0000http://codefool.org/wp/?p=279Got my first full paycheck from HP today. Even though I took a $25K pay cut, I have $400 more in my paycheck. Yeah, New York bites.
]]>http://codefool.org/wp/?feed=rss2&p=2790279First “no touch” ride todayhttp://codefool.org/wp/?p=280
http://codefool.org/wp/?p=280#respondThu, 31 Mar 2011 13:44:11 +0000http://codefool.org/wp/?p=280Today marks the first time I was able to ride the 40 miles from my apartment in Sugar Land to my parking garage at HP without having to put my foot down. There were a couple of “creeping” moments, but I never actually stopped. Go me.
]]>http://codefool.org/wp/?feed=rss2&p=2800280Back Online and in Texas!http://codefool.org/wp/?p=277
http://codefool.org/wp/?p=277#respondWed, 30 Mar 2011 20:49:49 +0000http://codefool.org/wp/?p=277My attempt to auto-update wordpress just prior to my departure from Bloomberg FUBAR’d my website – and I’ve only just had the time to bring it back up. Also, I’m back at Compaq (now HP) in Houston, working pretty much in my old group. More to come.
]]>http://codefool.org/wp/?feed=rss2&p=2770277Visual Automata Simulatorhttp://codefool.org/wp/?p=254
http://codefool.org/wp/?p=254#respondMon, 06 Dec 2010 20:42:57 +0000http://codefool.org/wp/?p=254This is a way-cool little app to help build automata. As a big fan of automata, I’m looking forward to pull this apart: